Collector slaps ‘Army jawan’ in Madhya Pradesh district

Bhopal: A man, who identified himself as an Army jawan, was on Saturday slapped in public by a district collector of Madhya Pradesh, leaving the onlookers shell-shocked.

The unsavoury incident took place when the local administration was clearing encroachment in the district headquarters town of Morena in the presence of district collector Bhaskar Lakskar.

A video showing the visibly upset man asking the district collector to explain for his action went viral immediately after the incident.

The district collector allegedly first pushed the man to one side by grabbing his hand and then slapped him.

The man, who was heard in the clip identifying himself as an Army jawan, was later seen being pushed away by security personnel. However, the man did not file any complaint in connection with the incident in the police station. He was having breakfast at a roadside eatery in the town before the incident took place.

The district collector, however, claimed before the media that the man first tried to create hurdles in the functioning of government officials and later hurled abuses at him. However, the man was not available for his comment.